Friday, April 27, 2007

Does web 2.0 suck?

A top 10 list of why web 2.0 isn't all it's cracked up to be, from Charlie, a non-Vermonter, at a blog called, This is going to be BIG!.

An interesting conversation, particularly #9:

A lot of powerful people don't participate. Howmany VC's out there fund widget companies without having a blog or aMySpace profile? Any Sony bloggers out there? What about brandmanagers that want to do Second Life campaigns without ever having beeninside. How about my elected representatives? They get out there andkiss babies during election time, but how many blogging electedofficials are there? (And not watered down campaign blogs... actualblogs written by the actual people.) We could do great things if weweren't so segregated into a small group of people punch drunk on KoolAid and a great deal of people who've never even heard of Kool Aid.

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Bio:Deputy publisher Cathy Resmer is an organizer of the Vermont Tech Jam, and compiles a weekly tech e-newsletter every Monday. She also oversees HR, helps manage Seven Days' digital staff and oversees its parenting publication, Kids VT. In 2018, she designed and administered a statewide youth civics project, the...Deputy publisher Cathy Resmer is an organizer of the Vermont Tech Jam, and compiles a weekly tech e-newsletter every Monday. She also oversees HR, helps manage Seven Days' digital staff and oversees its parenting publication, Kids VT. In 2018, she designed and administered a statewide youth civics project, the Good Citizen Challenge.

Resmer began her career at Seven Days as a freelance writer in 2001, first writing about the local poetry scene, as well as quirky pastimes including unicycle riding, hunting for wild bonsai trees and competing in SCRABBLE tournaments.

She was hired as a staff writer in 2005, and started Seven Days' first blog, 802 Online. She became the publication's first online editor in 2007, and launched its first email newsletter, Notes on the Weekend, as well as its social media channels. In 2010, Resmer became a minority owner of Seven Days' parent company, Da Capo Publishing.

Her work has been recognized by the Vermont Press Association, the Parenting Media Association and the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. In 2010, she was named to Vermont Business Magazine's list of the state's "40 under 40 Rising Stars."

Resmer lives in Winooski with her wife and their two children, and is an enthusiastic wrestling mom.more

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Jeff Couture, executive director of the Vermont Technology Alliance, said he talked with job seekers from across Vermont and outside the state at the event, "including someone, suitcase in hand, who visited from North Carolina."